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Things my mother told me

10/15/2013

 
Be careful who you choose for a friend

Do your best

Do your very best

Sit up straight

If you think you can’t, you can’t

You can do anything

I love you

Look it up in the dictionary

Yes, a girl can be president of the US
(I doubted this was really true because there hadn’t been one)
There are female presidents of other countries, ours will have one too

No one should be treated differently because of the way they look

If you dream it, try it

Brush your teeth

Dreams take time

Keep practicing your music

If someone tells you they won’t be your friend unless...that person is not a friend

When you start something, don’t quit

Turn out that light an go to sleep

Tell the truth

If you tell a lie, you will end up having to tell another lie, and another lie, and another lie

I love you, no matter what

Don’t read in the dark

Slow down, you can’t be doing 100 million things and do them all well

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day

Take time to eat a warm breakfast

Don’t forget to floss every time you brush

Turn out that flashlight, put the book away and go to sleep

School is your job, I expect you to do well in school 

Don’t cheat

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat

Drugs kill 

You can tell me anything

He’s too old for you

He’s too old for you, too

You met this guy where? I swear Angela I’m going to lock you in a closet until you are 18 –or 30

Birth control, birth control, birth control, birth control if I ever teach you one thing it is going to be about birth control

Sex is a beautiful and wonderful thing between two people who really love each other

Sex without love isn’t a beautiful thing

Sometimes when you think you are in love, you’re not

Wanting someone to love you and really being in love are two different things

If you don’t love yourself, you can’t love anyone else

Love isn’t two people giving 50%, it’s two people giving 100%

I think I could keep going on and on. My Mom is such an amazing person. She taught me not only with the sayings above, but by how she lives her life and shares it with others!

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